Ben's First Birthday Party

On Sunday, we had Ben's first birthday party. He had a great time playing with the family and his friends!

"Blow out the candles Ben!"

"Look at my birthday card!"

"Hi Five Mom!"

The Zoo

A few weeks ago, we took Ben and Lily to the National Zoo. We had a great time visiting the elephants, small mammal house, and the kids farm!

Happy 1st Birthday Ben!

Happy 1st Birthday to Ben!!!  Tonight we had cupcakes after dinner and then played with Ben's new basketball hoop from Uncle Dave.

Ben goes to the 1 year old room

On Monday Ben started transitioning to the one year old room at school. Now that he walks, he is so excited to get to go outside twice a day and do "bigger kid" things. Here are two pictures of Ben in his new room.

Sliding

Yesterday, Ben discovered the joy of sliding at the park. We could get a video because we both had to spot him, but we did get this cute picture.

Swinging at the Park

Today we took the kids to a park that we knew had 2 "baby" swings side by side so we could let Ben try out the swings with Lily (who normally doesn't ride on the baby swings anymore, but wanted to swing with Ben).

"I love swinging!!"

Lily's New Bike

Next week at school is bike week. Lily has really outgrown her tricycle, so we decided to get her a new, big-girl bike! Today, Lily got to try out the bike for the first time, so far she loves it! Thank you Grandpa for the bike!